Synonyms and antonyms of Satisfaction and satisfying a need in British Thesaurus

satisfaction (noun)

formal the action of providing something that someone wants or needs

satisfy (verb)

if something satisfies your needs or wants, it gives you what you need or want

content (verb)

formal to make someone feel happy or satisfied

slake (verb)

mainly literary to make someone happy by giving them what they want or need

satiate (verb)

literary to satisfy a need or desire completely, sometimes in a way that makes you feel as though you have had too much

sustenance (noun)

formal a way of supporting yourself, for example by earning money

content (noun)

literary a feeling of happiness and satisfaction

satiety (noun)

literary the feeling of having had enough, or too much, of something

if desired ()

if you want it

on demand ()

whenever people want it

a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) ()

used for saying that it is better to have something that you can be certain of than to want something that might be better but you are not certain to get

be sated (with something) ()

to have had enough, or more than enough, of something

content (adjective)

satisfied and willing to accept a situation, and not wanting anything more or better

if he/she/they etc so desire(s) ()

if that is what he/she/they etc want

to someone’s satisfaction/to the satisfaction of someone ()

in the way that a particular person likes or wants